"I don't wash my hair before and after my haircut... As I pushed, I took off the mask rope and covered my mouth with my hand. On the knowledge, Mr. Zhang, a netizen in Jinan, recorded his special haircut experience on the morning of February 19.
Like him, the public who happened to run into a barbershop that opened its doors was a minority. Recently, the reporter visited and found that most barber shops in the city have not yet opened their doors, and some hairstylists who have returned from outside the province have to self-isolate for 14 days. Citizens who really want to get a haircut are afraid to continue and so on.
A number of hair stylists interviewed predicted that this year's "February 2nd", many people may not be able to go to the barbershop "dragon head".
On the afternoon of February 18, many barbershops in Jinan still did not open their doors.
Most roadside shops are not yet open
"What if the barbershop doesn't open again?" The topic has been read 780 million times on Weibo and sparked 122,000 discussions. A joke that "boys across the country are about to enter the meteor garden state" was praised by more than 810,000 people. On major social platforms, netizens posted their hairstyles and experiences in finding a hairdresser and getting their own haircuts.
Weishi Road was once one of the barber streets. On the afternoon of the 18th, the reporter visited and found that 4 of the 5 barber shops opened on the side of Weishi Road were closed, and 3 in the nearby community were not open. The only "Venus Salon" opened its doors with lights on and a man cleaning the store said the store was not open and the exact timing of its reopening was uncertain.
The reporter contacted another barber shop on Shangwei Tenth Road as a customer, and the owner said that he had just returned to Jinan from Zhejiang Province and would have to isolate at home for a period of time and could not open for a short time.
On the door of another barber shop with the "Sixteenth day of the First Month", a copy of the "Notice on The Implementation of Proactive Reporting and Isolation Medical Observation Measures for Returnees from Outside the Province" was posted. The owner of the shop said that her hometown is in a county under the jurisdiction of Wenzhou City, and the train passing through the county seat is suspended for a limited time, and she cannot return to Jinan for the time being. ”
The reporter visited 6 other small barber shops near The Jiahua Shopping Plaza in Huaiyin District, 4 of which were not open.
There are still 5 barbershops left in Chaoshan Street. On the afternoon of the 18th, lights were lit in a barbershop. The owner said on the phone that it has not officially resumed business, and if you want to cut your hair, you need to add WeChat to make an appointment in advance. Another barber shop on Chaoshan Street posted a notice on the door of the "cut hair one day in advance", and on the 20th, the person in charge of the store said that in order to avoid the gathering of people, the appointment time must arrive on time. According to public reports, before resuming business, the store signed an application and a letter of commitment at the market supervision office and the street office.
Some barbershops in the mall have not yet resumed normal business. At noon on the 19th, only 1 of the 3 barbershops in Hang Lung opened. The hairdresser's shop on the 5th floor was originally posted with notices of closing on January 31, but plans to reopen on February 10. Today, this printed version of the friendly reminder has added handwriting that reads".
The only hairdresser in Hang Lung who opened the door was wearing masks and goggles, and there were 2 women doing their hair. She said that since the resumption of work on February 17, the traffic on the 17th and 18th has been large, with 20 or 30 customers every day, most of whom are booked in advance. But on the 20th, there were suddenly fewer customers, and only 3 customers entered the store in the morning.
Expect a brief outbreak after the end of the pandemic
Barber shops that have resumed business may also be suspended at any time at any time according to the requirements of the relevant departments. Sun Qiang (pseudonym), a northeasterner, is somewhat glad not to have returned to his hometown this year, running a small barber shop near Nanxinzhuang Road and accumulating many repeat customers for more than 10 years. In previous years, he opened his doors on the sixth day of the first lunar month, but this year's opening time was postponed by 20 days and resumed on February 18.
Since the resumption of business, an average of more than 20 customers have gone to Sun Qiang's shop every day to get haircuts, sun Qiang said, "In the first month of the previous year, I also received 20 or 30 people every day. These days just started to open, there are a lot of customers, many people can't find a place to cut their hair. "A copy of the 'Epidemic Prevention and Control Registration Form for Visitors to the Store' provided by him shows that customers arriving at the store need to fill in details such as name, telephone number, body temperature and arrival time." I heard that in a few days it may not be allowed to open again. Sun Qiang heard that some of his colleagues in Jinan were trapped in their hometowns and could not come back, and some jurisdictions were temporarily not allowed to operate.
Sun Qiang runs a mom-and-pop shop, and he calculated that he would delay the business for 20 days, and the rent and other losses would be about 6,000 yuan.
Sun Yu, who runs a barber shop of thousands of square meters in a southern community in Jinan, is not as calm as Sun Qiang. On February 20, he led the staff to clean up the barbershop and prepare for the opening of the barbershop on the 21st. "Suddenly, I received a notice that it could not open for business for the time being." Sun Yu could understand that the hairdresser gathered crowds and had direct contact with customers, so he decided to obey the management of the relevant departments and postpone the opening.
In previous years, Sun Yu would also resume business around the seventh day of the first lunar month, "young people do not care about traditional customs, and after the Spring Festival is also a small peak season." Sun Yu said that in previous years, the first month of the new month can receive about 30 people a day, young people are no longer affected by traditional customs, and the demand and willingness to cut hair in the first month have also become strong.
At present, what worries Sun Yu the most is rent and labor costs. The rent is 30,000 yuan per month, and he is communicating with the landlord whether he can pay less. He reassured the store employees and discussed halving the basic salary and still spending more than 10,000 yuan on wages. "In our line, we verbally agreed to pay half a month's salary, and after this epidemic, it has reached the time when it is time to pay this half a month's salary." Sun Yu said that what makes many chain store owners headaches is that if they send this money, they are worried about employees jumping ship; if they do not send this money, they are afraid that employees will have opinions.
"Usually, even if you don't make money in the first month, you can at least maintain a virtuous circle." Sun Yu judged that when the epidemic is over, the hairdressing industry will have a large-scale flow of personnel, and many hair stylists will jump ship.
Many people suggested that Sun Yu implement the reservation system during the special period and quietly open for business. "It's not easy to settle accounts, members can't swipe their cards, and it's not easy to manage employees." Sun Yu said that private business also faces a lot of trouble. "A lot of customers have been urging business lately, and there are seven or eight years of old customers. During special periods, we have to find ways to maintain our relationship with our customers. Sun Yu said that what is most looking forward to now is that after the epidemic, a small wave of passenger flow will be ushered in.
"February 2nd" may not be able to go to the store for haircuts
On the afternoon of the 19th, the Jinan Municipal Leading Group (Headquarters) for the Handling of the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic issued the Guiding Opinions on Regulating the Prevention and Control of the Epidemic and Guiding the Orderly Opening and Resumption of The Living Service Industry, encouraging life service enterprises with the conditions to open for business to actively open and resume work, and consciously accept the supervision and guidance of the competent departments. Among them, the life service industries that are closely related to the lives of the masses, such as restaurants, barber shops and auto repair shops, are divided into independent resumption of work.
According to custom, the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar is a hot day for barbershop business. The China Barbershop near Daguanyuan plans to apply for the resumption of business on February 24 (the second day of February), and on the afternoon of the 20th, Wang Dehua, a staff member of the China Barbershop, said that the resumption of business was not approved. In previous years, on the second of February, the store was able to receive more than 90 customers.
In the past, Sun Qiang was able to receive about 100 customers on February 2. He expects that the store may not be open for business on the second day of February this year, "there will be a queue, and there will be a lot of people." On the day of "February 2nd", Sun Yu's shop can receive more than 200 customers, according to his understanding, the hairstylists of high-end barbershops can serve twenty or thirty people, and the middle and low-end barbershops, a barber has to cut the hair of forty or fifty people a day.
Liu Chunsheng, president of the Jinan Beauty salon industry association, said that the barber industry needs to be in close contact with customers for a long time, most barbershops in Jinan have not yet opened their doors, and some hairstylists in wenzhou and other places in their hometown have not yet returned. "Opening the door needs to be reported to the community. I heard that several have applied to the community, but they are not allowed to operate for the time being. Liu Chunsheng said that the association will not issue additional relevant regulations on the hairdressing industry during the epidemic, and there is no plan to publish the list of barbershops that will resume business.
Not everyone has the good luck of Mr. Zhang, he is used to getting a haircut once every half a month is really unbearable, and he happened to run into the barber shop that opened the door when he went out, and he covered his mask and got a haircut. Many people try to cut their own hair, the highest-selling barber on Taobao, with monthly sales of more than 200,000 pieces, and the other 5 top-selling stores have sold more than 70,000 barbers. In the "Top Ten Hot Selling Lists for Staying at Home" released by Pinduoduo, hairdressers ranked first.
The reporter combed and found that barbers or volunteers in many cities cut hair for police, doctors, sanitation workers and other groups who insisted on the frontline of the fight against the epidemic.
Recently, the hair industry associations in Nanjing and Chengdu announced the location and contact information of the resumed stores. In Beijing, Hangzhou, Wuxi and other cities, through the reservation system and the way of receiving only one person at a time, barbershops have been gradually guided to resume business.